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struggle4progress

(118,273 posts)
Fri Oct 20, 2017, 10:03 PM Oct 2017

Trump: Feuding helps my agenda

BY JULIA MANCHESTER - 10/20/17 07:21 PM EDT

President Trump denied on Friday that feuding with lawmakers hurts his agenda, saying that if anything it helps move it along.

"Sometimes it helps, to be honest with you," Trump told Fox Business Network's Maria Bartiromo when asked if he worried about such feuding getting in the way of his agenda.

"We’ll see what happens in the end. But I think, actually sometimes it helps. Sometimes it gets people to do what they’re supposed to be doing. And you know, that’s the way it is," he added ...

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/356490-trump-feuding-helps-my-agenda

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Trump: Feuding helps my agenda (Original Post) struggle4progress Oct 2017 OP
Translation: "Bullying works for me." And he really believes that. highplainsdem Oct 2017 #1
It's worked for him well in the past, along with creating chaos. Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #2
If you believe Trump was placed in the Presidency by Putin, then... Girard442 Oct 2017 #3

Irish_Dem

(46,880 posts)
2. It's worked for him well in the past, along with creating chaos.
Fri Oct 20, 2017, 10:14 PM
Oct 2017

Keep everyone off kilter. People get worn down and just do what he wants them to do out of sheer exhaustion.

Girard442

(6,067 posts)
3. If you believe Trump was placed in the Presidency by Putin, then...
Fri Oct 20, 2017, 10:14 PM
Oct 2017

...provoking random strife and chaos is no doubt helping his agenda.

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